BILLY GRAMMER

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Hallo Hardi,
da Billy Grammer bei mir nur auf diversen Samplern erscheint, etwas Info aus dem Net.
Billy

William Wayne Grammer, 28 August 1925, Benton, Illinois, USA. Grammer was a coalminer’s son and one of 13 children. His father played the fiddle, and by the time he was in his teens, Grammer was playing guitar, mandolin and banjo at local dances. After a spell in the forces, he started in C&W radio on WRAL in Arlington, Virginia, in 1947, but established his reputation as a session guitarist in Washington. He played lead guitar for several country performers - Hawkshaw Hawkins, Grandpa Jones, T. Texas Tyler - and he worked with Jimmy Dean on his television series from 1955-59. Grammer first recorded as a solo performer in 1949, but in 1959, had a vocal success with the million-selling ‘Gotta Travel On’, a nineteenth-century British melody that had previously been revived by the Weavers. Grammer’s pop success was short-lived as the excellent double-sided ‘Bonaparte’s Retreat’/‘The Kissing Tree’ barely made the US Top 50. He had a country hit with ‘I Wanna Go Home’ in 1963, which Bobby Bare reworked as ‘Detroit City’. He joined the Grand Ole Opry and became a session guitarist. His first model of the Grammer Flat-Top Guitar, which he now manufactures, is in the Country Music Hall Of Fame.

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Hallo Hardi!
Billy war wieder einmal schneller als ich, aber weil meine Bio so extrem kurz ist verändere ich mein Konzept nicht mehr. Genaueres im Detail kann man dann bei Billy finden.

Der Country-Sänger und bekannte Gitarrist Billy Wayne Grammer wurde am 28. August 1925 in Benton, Illinois, geboren. Er war der Älteste von 13 Geschwistern (9 Buben und 4 Mädchen) und strebte eine Karriere als Musiker an, da auch sein Vater Musiker war und die Violine und Trompete spielte.
Die Single-Diskografie bis 1972:
SCOOP (78er)
?? 48….502 A….BILL GRAMMER'S SHENANDOAH VALLEY BOYS..Jealous Heart (M.F. 233)/ B….Part Of My Soul (M.F. 231)
PLAZA (78 RPM)
10 50....5506....BILL GRAMMER and His Virginia Playboys..When You Know (371)/I Almost Lost My Mind (372)
MONUMENT
10 58....45-400....BILLY GRAMMER with Chorus & Orchestra..Gotta Travel On (MO-507)/Chasing A Dream (MO-508) (Delta-Nr.: 24714/13)
03 59....45-403....BILLY GRAMMER..The Kissing Tree (MO 517)/Bonaparte's Retreat (MO 515)
07 59....45-407....BILLY GRAMMER..Willy, Quit Your Playing (MO 5 4 2 - ZTSP 60355)/It Takes You (MO 5 4 3 - ZTSP 60356)
01 60....45-413....BILLY GRAMMER..Loveland (MO-575)/On The Job Too Long (MO-576)
EVEREST
06 60....19353....BILLY GRAMMER..Princess Of Persia (L9OW 2166)/Unknown Soldier (L9OW 2167)
10 60....19384....BILLY GRAMMER..Big, Big Dream (60-B-35)/River Of Regret (60-B-36)
DECCA
03 61....31226....BILLY GRAMMER Vocal With Chorus And Instrumental Accompaniment..Rainbow Round My Shoulder (110,099)/Columbus Stockade Blues (110,100)
06 61....31274....BILLY GRAMMER Vocal With Chorus And Orchestra..Have A Drink On Me (110,663)/Finger (110,664)
10 61....31321....BILLY GRAMMER Vocal With Chorus And Instrumental Accompaniment..Save Your Tears (111,164)/I'd Like To Know Why (111,165)
TAP
?? 62....7031-A....BILLY GRAMMER..Wabash Cannonball/-B....Take Me Back South...……..auf Platten-Hülle steht: "Take Me Down South"
DECCA
05 62....31396....BILLY GRAMMER Vocal With Chorus And Instrumental Accompaniment..He Ain't My Buddy No More (112,085)/Blue Roller Rink (112,086)
12 62....31449....BILLY GRAMMER Vocal With Chorus And Instrumental Accompaniment..I Wanna Go Home (112,638)/The Bottom Of The Glass (112,639)
07 63….31514….BILLY GRAMMER Vocal With Chorus And Instrumental Accompaniment..Lonesome Life (113,647)/Love Gets Better With Time (113,648)
11 63….31562….BILLY GRAMMER Vocal With Chorus And Instrumental Accompaniment..I'll Leave The Porch Light (113,646)/Old Foolish Me (112,087)
05 64….31618….BILLY GRAMMER Vocal With Chorus And Instrumental Accompaniment..I Saw Your Face In The Moon (114,550)/Don't Drop It (114,543)
09 64….31669….BILLY GRAMMER Vocal With Chorus And Instrumental Accompaniment..Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (114,551)Wabash Cannon Ball (114,552)
03 65….31757….BILLY GRAMMER Vocal With Chorus And Instrumental Accompaniment..I'm Letting You Go (Goodbye) (115,675)/A Little Bit Of Happiness (115,676)
01 66….31892….BILLY GRAMMER Vocal With Chorus And Instrumental Accompaniment..Souvenirs Of Sorrow (115,677)/Brown's Ferry Blues (115,678)
EPIC
08 66….5-10052….BILLY GRAMMER..Bottles/Temporarily
12 66….5-10103….BILLY GRAMMER..Heaven Help This Heart Of Mine (ZSP 116457)/The Real Thing (ZSP 116458)
04 67….5-10169….BILLY GRAMMER..I've Seen That Look On Me (A Thousand Times) (ZSP 118489)/Written On The Jailhouse Wall (ZSP 118490)
RICE
09 67….RR 5025….BILLY GRAMMER..Papa And Mama (5050)/Mabel (You Have Been A Friend Of Mine) (5048)
MERCURY
04 68….72785….BILLY GRAMMER..The Last Of My Future (1-41083)/Money, Love And War (1-41084)
08 68….72836….BILLY GRAMMER..Do You Still Believe (1-41145)/The Ballad Of John Dillinger (1-41146)
01 69….72893….BILLY GRAMMER..Changing Scene (1-41144)/The Hour Of Separation (1-41082)
STOP
08 69….ST-321 BILLY GRAMMER..Jesus Is A Soul Man/Peace On Earth Begins Today
JMI
09 72….JMI-9….BILLY GRAMMER..Nobody's Listening To Preacher/All I Wanna Do (Is Think About You)

Bei uns gab es in der R&R-Ära sogar eine Single von ihm:
LONDON
01 59....DL 20 213....BIlly Grammer Vocal with Chorus & Orchestra..Gotta Travel On/Chasing A Dream (MONUMENT 400)

Keep Searchin'
Gerd

Hallo,

Billy Grammer ist am 10. August 2011 im Alter von 85 Jahren verstorben.

Gruß
Dietrich

BILLY GRAMMER - I WANNA GO HOME

HOT 100 VON 1963

COLLAGEN VON ROCKINPETE

HARDI